Movies; Lost City,' Lost Focus; Andy Garcia's Tale of Cuban Nostalgia Feels Contrived

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"The Lost City" is obviously a labor of love part tragic ballad about a home left behind, and part portrait of a family as all is torn from its grasp during a period of tumultuous social change.

But sometimes those closest to something can't see it clearly or remember it in such a particular way that makes it hard for outsiders to appreciate. "The Lost City" is a love story with and set in the city of Havana which, between military rule, the mob and Marxism, never knew participatory democracy.

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Movies; Lost City,' Lost Focus; Andy Garcia's Tale of Cuban Nostalgia Feels Contrived

Actor Andy Garcia was 5 years old when his family fled Cuba and, judging from his debut as a writer-director, his memories of it have become the stuff of myth and me...

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